Why knowing how to undo matters in Git - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to undo the last commit but keep changes staged.

Git

git reset --[1] HEAD~1

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Amixed

Bsoft

Cmerge

Dhard

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --hard will discard changes.

Using --mixed unstages changes.

The --soft option moves the HEAD back but keeps your changes staged, allowing you to edit the commit.

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medium

Complete the command to discard all local changes in the working directory.

Git

git checkout -- [1]

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Amaster

BHEAD

Corigin

D.

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using HEAD or branch names won't discard working directory changes directly.

Using . after git checkout -- discards all local changes in the current directory.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to undo the last commit completely, including changes.

Git

git reset --[1] HEAD~1

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Ahard

Bmixed

Csoft

Dkeep

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --soft or --mixed will keep changes, not discard them.

The --hard option resets the commit and discards all changes in the working directory.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a command that unstages files but keeps changes in the working directory.

Git

git reset [1] [2]

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A--mixed

BHEAD

C--soft

Dorigin

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --soft keeps changes staged.

Using origin is a remote, not a commit reference.

git reset --mixed HEAD unstages files but keeps changes in your working directory.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a command that reverts a commit by creating a new commit.

Git

git [1] [2] -m [3]

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Arevert

Bcommit_hash

C1

Dreset

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using reset deletes commits, revert creates new commits.

Missing -m option for merge commits causes errors.

git revert commit_hash -m 1 creates a new commit that undoes changes from a merge commit.